To:V. M. BAZHANOV AND S. A. GETSOV

Written:Written on July 22, 1921Published:First published in 1957 in the magazineSotsialistichesky TrudNo. 10.

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      Progress Publishers,1976,

      Moscow,Volume 45,

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ComradesBazhanov or Getsov,Central Coal Administration, S.E.C.

Pleasetake all resolute measures to secure the earliest
purchase of coal-cutting machines abroad. To expedite
procurement and to clarify all matters connected with the
purchase make use of the presence in Moscow of Comrade
Stomonyakov, the authorised representative of the People’s
Commissariat for Foreign Trade in Germany.

Pleasekeep me informed through Comrade Smolyaninov
about all the measures you take to expedite procurement
and purchase of the machinery.

V.Ulyanov(Lenin)Chairman, Council of People’s Commissars